2025 Season
Young Artist Recital
St. John’s Lutheran Church, Northfield
Thursday, August 21st at 7:30 PM
A performance celebrating rising young musicians.
The Charles Gorczynski Tango Quartet
The Grand Event Center, Northfield
Friday, August 22nd at 7:30 PM
Charles Gorczynski, bandoneon; Devan Moran, violin; Alex Woods, piano; Sarah Lahasky, contrabass
The Artaria String Quartet with Aileen Razey
Urness Recital Hall, St. Olaf College
Sunday, August 24th at 3:00 PM
Aileen Razey, Clarinestist
Ray Shows, violin; Nancy Oliveros, violin; Annalee Wolf, viola; Rebecca Merblum, cello
The Artaria String Quartet
St. John’s Lutheran Church, Northfield
Sunday, September 14th at 3:00 PM
Ray Shows, violin; Nancy Oliveros, violin; Annalee Wolf, viola; Rebecca Merblum, cello
2023 Season
Bridge Festival Outdoor Performances
Bridge Square Fountain
Saturday, August 19th at 11:00 AM
Musicians will perform at the Riverwalk Market Fair to celebrate chamber music in the community!
Ivalas Quartet
First United Church of Christ, Northfield
Monday, August 21st at 7:30 PM
Osvaldo Golijov - Tenebrae
Eleanor Alberga - String Quartet No. 1
George Walker - Lyric
Franz Josef Haydn - String Quartet Op. 77 No. 2
Bohemian Rhapsody
Urness Recital Hall, St. Olaf College
Wednesday, August 23rd at 7:30 PM
Joaquin Turina - Trio del Circulo
Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
Antonín Dvořák - Piano Trio no. 4 in E Minor “Dumky”
Young Artist Recital
St. John’s Lutheran Church, Northfield
Thursday, August 24th at 7:30 PM
Uplifted Voices: Music from Iran
Kracum Performance Hall, Carleton College
Friday, August 25th at 7:30 PM
A performance by celebrated vocalist Maliheh Moradi, highlighting Iranian women’s perseverance and struggle for freedom in the face of social and cultural oppression.
2023 Artists
2022 Season
Music From Brazil
St. John’s Lutheran Church, Northfield
August 22nd at 7:30 PM
Erika Ribeiro, piano, Francesca Anderegg, violin, Gabriel Campos Zamora, clarinet, Sarah Lewis, cello
Mike Block and Sandeep Das
Kracum Performance Hall, Carleton College
August 24th
1-3 PM: Improvisation Workshop with Mike Block
7:30 PM: Concert with Mike Block, cello, and Sandeep Das, tabla, joined by Gao Hong, pipa
Nikki Chooi and 10th Wave Chamber Music Collective
First United Church of Christ, Northfield
August 26th, 7:30 PM
Music of Geminiani, Ravel and Piazzolla
Featuring virtuoso violinist Nikki Chooi, concertmaster of the Buffalo Symphony Orchestra
String Quartets by Women Composers
Keepsake Cidery, Dundas
August 28th, 3:00 PM
The Jamison Ensemble: Elise Parker, violin, Anne Ainomae, viola, Jane Cords O'Hara, cello
2021 Season
The festival presented two weekend of concerts in 2021. On Memorial Day weekend, musicians presented a concert of works by Astor Piazzolla, J.S. Bach, and Samuel Coleridge Taylor, performed by Scott Anderson, Catherine Ramirez, Nicholas Tavani, Francesca Anderegg, Yi-Chun Lin, and Teresa Richardson. Founder David Carter played at the Riverwalk Market Fair, and JC Sanford and his trio played a concert in Central Park.
On August 25th, guest cellist Christine Lamprea performed a recital at St John's Lutheran Church at 7:30 pm, with works by Manuel Ponce, Alejandro Cardona and Franz Schubert, joined by musicians Francesca Anderegg, Nicola Melville and Esther Wang. On August 27th, Stone Arch Brass performed an outdoor concert in Central Park behind the Weitz Center. On August 28th, St. Olaf College alum Meredith Maloley performed at the Riverwalk Market Fair at 10 am. Finally, on August 29th, the Season Finale was held at Keepsake Cidery in Dundas - music of Rebecca Clarke and Felix Mendelssohn, performed by Francesca Anderegg, Alexandra Early, Emily Hagen, Justin Knoepfel and Sarah Lewis.
Encore Presentation, Emery Stephens
Recorded at St. Johns Lutheran Church, Northfield
Emery writes:
"Three influential writers of the Harlem Renaissance inspire this virtual project on African American poets and composers – Langston Hughes (1901-1967), James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938), and Claude McKay (1889-1948). As you listen to the music of Dorothy Rudd Moore, Margaret Bonds, Charles Brown, Robert Owens, and John Rosamond Johnson, you will hear these thought-provoking works on racial inequality and social justice through the lived experiences of their creators. Thank you to Artistic Director Francesca Anderegg, Founder and Board President David Carter, Bridge Chamber Music Festival, Flight Creative Media in Minneapolis, St. John's Lutheran Church in Northfield, and everyone involved in this collaboration."
2020 Season
Although the 2020 season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the festival produced performances at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Northfield in December 2020 and April 2021!
Watch these performances here:
2017 Season
The 2017 Season took place August 17th to 27th, and was composed of six recitals. Among these recitals were many classical chamber performances, as well as the yearly young artists recital.
The program for this season can be viewed with the link below.
2016 Season
The 2016 Season took place between August 21st and 27th, and consisted of five performances. Unlike the previous years, this season did not have any jazz performances featured, but still contained classical chamber works as well as the young artist recital.
The program can be viewed using the link below.
2015 Season
The 2015 Season consisted of six recitals between August 20th to 27th. These recitals featured classical works alongside jazz performances, including a young artists recital.
The program can be viewed through the link below.
2014 Season
The 2014 Season, taking place from August 20th to 26th, was composed of six performances. These performances featured a combination of classical and jazz music, as well as a young artists recital.
The program can be seen through the link below.
2011 Season
The 2011 Season, running from August 18th to 25th, was composed of four performances. These performances featured classical chamber works by mozart, Shostakovich, Brahms, Martini, Vivaldi, Handel, Saint-Saens, Telemann, Taffanel, Dohnanyi, Ellington, Urnem, Weber, Mahler, Martinu, Rachmaninoff, and Schubert.
The orogram is available for viewing through the link below.